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Bed Capacity Report from an Employee Orientation Manual; LaBorde is listed as Pre-Release unit, ward 122, capacity of 34.

Newspaper article describes the path of the tour Governor Brynes and the state legislature took on Tuesday, January 8, 1952. Although LaBorde is not identified by name, its description follows that of the Taylor Building. "The guide moved his party…

Addressed to 'His Excellency, John G. Richards, Governor of South Carolina' the Board of Regents reported that on May 29th, a contract was awarded to erect a building of 40 bed capacity to be used for white men suffering with tuberculosis; it was…

Board Regents minutes from May 29, 1929: Records bids received for building the Tuberculosis ward at the State Hospital in Columbia, and the decision to accept the lowest bid, proposed by Mechanics Contracting Co., of $22,981.

Lists LaBorde as being used for "Psychiatric care primarily"; notes that there is a level below ground and that the building does not share a common wall with another building or addition.

Eight ladies from St. John's Episcopal Church visited LaBorde on Sunday, June 24th at 2:30pm. 

Ladies from St. John's Episcopal Church held a party in LaBorde on Sunday afternoon, May 26 at 2:30pm.

A group of ladies from St. John's Episcopal Church visited patients in LaBorde on Wednesday, November 28 at 2:30pm. and gave a party with refreshments.  

Dr. Arthur P. Herring recommends to Governor Manning that there should be "special provision for the tuberculosis patients" at the South Carolina State Hospital for the Insane.

The Board examined drawings for the proposed ward building for State Park and Tuberculosis building for Columbia presented by Mr. Robert S. Lafaye of the firm of Lafaye & Lafaye, Architects, and instructed Mr. Lafaye to procure bids for a special…